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| Image credit: Ross Franquemont |
We seldom get to see a total solar eclipse as it happens and it's even harder to take a photo of one because you would need special equipment and the right timing just to capture that perfect moment when the Sun, Moon, and Earth align. Not to mention, you have to be careful not to expose yourself directly to the sun for too long or risk getting "eclipse blindness" or retinal burns.
But there are ways in which one can get a picture perfect shot of a total solar eclipse. However, you would need to go way up in the sky just to be at the right position. Luckily for Lieutenant Colonel Ross Franquemont, a former U-2 pilot, that chance came during the Great American Eclipse in 2017.
In 2015, I saw a video of a total solar eclipse taken from an Alaskan Air flight over the Pacific.
I learned that an astronomer had written to Alaskan Air convincing them to slightly alter the aircraft’s course and departure time so it would fly through the eclipse.
I thought, Wouldn’t it be cool if I could fly through an eclipse? Then I remembered that I do fly airplanes and could probably make that happen.
By Jeremiah
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